Say, Tell, Speak, Talk! What is the Difference between these Confusing Words? Improve your English!

Say! Tell! Speak! Talk! Do you know the differences between the commonly used words Say, Tell, Speak, and Talk? She said we should study. She told us to study. She spoke about studying. She talked about studying. This English lesson is going to look at the differences between say, tell, speak, and talk so that you know when and how to use them correctly in English. Today’s lesson will help you increase your English vocabulary as well as improve your English grammar connected to the words say, tell, speak, and talk.

What is the difference between say, tell, speak, and talk?

Say means to express something verbally. Say is basically used to report what someone has said. You say, “Baby, I love you.” He said that he’d be back. My mom said I should study. Jen said, “Good luck with your English studies.”

Tell is used when you are discussing information that someone has conveyed to someone, or an order that they have given to someone.When you use tell in English, you must add the person who was being told directly after the verb tell. Tell me why. He told them a secret. He told us he’d be back.

Speak and Talk are basically used exactly the same way in English, however there is a slight difference. The difference between speak and talk is that speak is more formal, and talk is more casual. He spoke about English grammar at the conference. She talked with her friends in a cafe.

Both speak and talk need a preposition after them to complete a sentence correctly. The three most common prepositions after speak and talk are: to, with, about. She spoke with her English teacher. He talked to his wife. They talked about how to increase vocabulary.

For languages you need to use Speak. Speak + language. I speak English. He speaks Japanese. You can also use Talk + in when referring to which language is being used in a specific situation. We both speak English and Japanese, but when we’re having a fight, we talk in English.

By the end of today’s English lesson you will have learned the differences between the words Say, Tell, Speak, and Talk. Knowing what the differences are between these four commonly confused words will help you to sound like a native English speaker. This lesson will to help you improve your English vocabulary and teach you useful grammar points for using say, tell, speak, and talk. Thank you for watching, “Say, Tell, Speak, Talk! What is the Difference between these Confusing Words? Improve your English!” I hope these four words will be useful for you as you improve your English and successfully choose the correct word each time. Good luck with your English studies!

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[JeNsJyugyou]

Question of the Day: Who is the last person you talked with on the phone? What did you talk about?  What did you say to each other? Did you tell each other any interesting information?

My answer: The last person I talked with on the phone was my husband. We talked about grocery shopping and what we were going to do for dinner. I said that I was hungry. He told me that the store is still sold out of toilet paper. 😅 How about you?

[zomzom]

You wonderful explaine grammer teacher💓

[adamearth]

A brilliant lesson, thank you so much, Prof. Jen! 🌹 👍 😊 💯❤️💖💡👌🏻.

[santiepful]

I talked with a friend of mine last night on the issue of the corvir´19. We are both on the same boat: housebound 😒excellent video. I knew the use of the words but not the rules. I appreciate💖

[aqmorisny]

Last person I talked with my friend about our situation he told me about his bad situation at his job and I said that don't worry.

[michalserczyk]

You are doing a good job:) I like to hear you. Greetings from Poland. :)

[nayoungkang]

The last person I talked with on the phone wad my mom. We talked about my first experience of kayaking. When I told her about the day, my mom said, " you must have been a really excited. I could feel how you were thrilled. Good for you." So I told her to be kayaking together oneday. I hope it can be possible.

[jekkyenglish]

Thanks for such a useful video, Jen. This is one more lesson upon my request😊🌼🌼🌼, I really appreciate you took your time to create it. 🌹🌹🌹I' ve watched this lesson twice cos I didn' t now there were so many rules). The last person I talked with on the phone was my husband. I told him that our son wants a new scooter and he said he would find out the best place to buy it.

[sellrachida]

I hope one-day I can speak English perfectly and quiqly

[zomzom]

We want to explain past tense.padt perfect .and past contious to improve ourselves

[yodaamede]

Yes, I think of myself. I think too much but to apologize to how many beats it's a family who are begging me yesterday, they are turning me too much you see. No, otherwise it's not my problem. Me, I'm cut off, it's been twice like that, I'm turning around like that, me I

[yodaamede]

Yes, good evening, ma'am, no, and at your place with laces, excuse me the inconvenience Laurence needs to make me with an Algerian. But I have no problem. I wanted to send you a message to put you in the background today, they are my data.

[sellrachida]

The last person I talked with on phone is my best friend we talked about where we will go tomorrow, told me she want go to shopping

[pasangsherpa]

Hi hello jeN s jyugyou sorry for good morning your laving very veutefola to you so thkeskei vaiery mach ilkley to me so